Press Release on Day 2 of CPIM 24th Party Congress

The delegate session of the 24^th Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) began on April 2, 2025 afternoon. 729 delegates and 79 observers are attending the Congress.

On behalf of the Central Committee, Prakash Karat, Coordinator of the Polit Bureau introduced the Draft Political Resolution and the Political Review of the 24^th Congress in the afternoon session on 2^nd April 2025.

The main thrust of the Draft Political Resolution is on the ways to combat the growing threat of Hindutva forces. The communal forces, in nexus with the corporates, are  spreading their divisive ideology. With the BJP-led government in power at the Centre for three consecutive terms, the RSS and Sangh Parivar is using its access to State power to penetrate into all the organs of the State and communalise the entire society. To comprehensively combat the threat of Hindutva, it should be fought on economic, social, ideological and cultural arenas, apart from fighting in the electoral arena.

The Draft Resolution states that the in order to combat the Hindutva forces, it is imperative for building the independent strength of the Party. For this, the Draft Resolution calls upon the Party to strengthen class and mass struggles.

The Draft Resolution also emphasised on the necessity to strengthen the Left unity and mobilise all secular and democratic parties, forces that are ready to join the struggle against Hindutva communal policies of the RSS-BJP.

The Report on the pre-Congress amendments was also introduced before the Congress. 3,424 amendments and 84 suggestions were received on the Draft Political  Resolution that was released two-months before the Congress for discussion at all levels of the Party. Out of these 133 amendments were accepted.

Discussion on Draft Political Resolution

The discussion on the Draft Resolution started from this morning (3^rd April 2025) and will continue till tomorrow. 18 delegates participated in the discussion till now. They are: K K Ragesh (Kerala), Debashish Chakraborty (West Bengal), Haripada Das (Tripura), Noor Mohammed (Tamilnadu), Nayan Bhuyan (Assam), Meenakshi Sundaram (Karnataka), Suresh Panigrahi (Odisha), Brijlal Bharti (Uttar Pradesh), Asha Sharma (Delhi), Sufal Mahanto (Jharkhand), Prem Chand (Haryana), Akhilesh Yadav (Madhya Pradesh), Rajendra Purohit (Uttarakhand), Rama Devi (Andhra Pradesh), Ayyappan (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and Rakesh Singha (Himachal Pradesh).

Resolutions

Two Resolutions were introduced in the Congress on 2^nd April 2025 and adopted.  The first Resolution was ‘Support Countrywide General Strike on May 20, 2025’ organised by the Central Trade Unions against the Labour Codes. The Party Congress extended its complete support to the united struggle of the working class demanding the repeal of the Labour Codes and called upon all its units to actively support the general strike.

The Resolution was moved by K Hemalata, member of the Central Committee and seconded by Amiya Patra, member of the Central Committee.

The second resolution was ‘Counter the Diabolical Communal Attacks of the RSS-BJP and Sangh Parivar’. It was moved by P Rajeeve, member of the Central Committee and seconded by Madhu Garg.

Greetings from Fraternal Parties

We have received messages of greetings from 38 fraternal parties (List is attached).